Bay v. Bay

Citations

• 85 Ohio St. (N.S.) 417

Syllabus

<p>Husband secures divorce by fraud — Decree of divorce conclusive, •when — Wife may open up decree — As to her interest in husband’s property, when.</p> <p>Where a husband, by fraud and false testimony, obtains a decree of divorce for the wife’s aggression and the decree also, by reason of the wife’s aggression, so found, bars her of alimony, dower and all other interest in the husband’s property, the decree dissolving the marriage relation is conclusive; but, when the court making such decree did not have jurisdiction of the wife’s person, she may thereafter have said decree and the issues opened up so far as they relate to her interests in the husband’s property and be let in to defend.</p>